Ceramist Mårten Medbo speaks through clay
If you look at language as a means of conveying information, then the idea of clay-based linguistics is just as obvious as body language, doublespeak or baby talk. That is the assertion of Mårten Medbo in his thesis Lerbaserad erfarenhet och språklighet (Clay-based Experience and Language-Ness). The thesis is the first in Sweden on the subject of crafts.In his role as a ceramist, Medbo has always seen himself as a practitioner of language. Sometimes more consciously, sometimes less so, but for him clay is always a way to communicate. He believes that art is a linguistic practice and that